I'm so glad the original owner of the land where Keoni's ancestors were buried , died , and now the land is Keoni's . He is very humble and says " I am not the owner , merely the steward . "
I'm not even Hawaiian but I'm in tears and pain. I feel for the Hawaiians. So much disrespect and terrible people. Mahalo Keoni! I support you and your endeavors.
I have immense respect for the Hawaiian people. I grew up in Brazil adoring their culture from a far. I worked hard as a young adult and moved there for a few years. It was truly a dream come true. I learned so much and my admiration only grew. Hawaii is a special place on earth, a lot of us feel that way. It’s not just the beautiful landscapes. It’s the unique people oh Hawaii and their loving culture that has captivated the whole world. Greed is such an illness in humanity. A disgrace!
My heart ache and head spinning watching this documentary how much the local have to fight so hard to preserve their land, descendants, culture and beliefs. Much Mahalo Keoni for fighting for your ancestors and the future generations. ❤❤❤
I love you my dearest son, you have put your all in making your documentary. You made it with all what you believe in, saving not the living but those were here before us. Because their history has made the kanaka maole who we are as the loving, kind and genuine respectful people that live in our Homeland that we call Hawaii. You can't learn the culture you have to be raised up living it. People of the world can imitate us but youhave to be raised Hawaiian to know what we are,how we think,how we act and why we do what we we do to show our deepest and respectful love to whom we meet and teach our Hawaiian love too which is so rich in respect and beautiful generosity to the people of the world 🌺🏝️🥰 your mama You are my gift to Hawaii 🥰
Keep up the hard mahi 💪 Kia Kaha I'm a Samoan but born & raised in N.Z. but reside in Australia. I hope one day I come visit our People there in Hawaii Mahalo USO Alofa Atu ❤️
The same has been done to the natives of america. I'm of Cherokee mixed ancestry and our peoples lands was taken by the puritans and Europeans. It never changes. Natives still fight.for recognition of their traditions and the return of the ancestors bones and artifacts that were stolen from Graves. The laws about grave robbing doesn't seem to apply to everyone.😢 my prayers are sent for your efforts to be successful. Much aloha.
Mahalo Keoni for documenting with PBS IN accomplishing your goal and hard work in protecting you KUPUNAs IWIs, I hope your journey will continue to teach and inform your brothers and sisters.
You are the chosen one. Your na KUPUNA are standing above you, below you, to the right as to the left guiding your every step. Mahalo for sharing an inspirational journey. ALOHA IA OE.
woW, simply powerful and enchanting this video. Thank you Keoni Alvarez for being proactive. Keoni you have so much meaning and depth to your life and soul. I have never, ever had a family Keoni. Please pray that I can get a home and start my own family. Keoni, mahalo nui for all that you have done to protect the sanctity of Hawai'i and it's indigenous people.
Keoni, I am beyond proud of you. I went to offices to find my kupuna family burial grounds. They found no records. All of them are “missing” the ones that lived were relocated and names changed to American. I’m still hurting from this mystery. Mahalo for working for us.
Aloha and Hafa Adai from Guam. I share your pain, as we too, on my island are dealing with the same struggles with protecting our lands and ancient burial sites of my Chamoru ancestors. Thank you for this documentary. Keep up the good fight. Stay blessed!
Native. Americans tragic also, like most of our Earths indigenous beloved peoples. You in Quam too! The list goes on. Hawaiian History and people I love, so much respect. Love from Maui💔💔💔😭💪🏽😭😂 @hiswind671
The Land Owner/Developer violated the Kapu of the burial cave and it's funny how things turned out for Keoni Kealoha Alvarez and his Ohana. "RESPECT THE KAPU!!!"
Agreed! And moving any Pohaku things can happen you have to have permission and Pule even for small stone. Many things are Kapu and some people do not realize this
Uncle Robin was the best. My parents Richard and Jeri enjoyed them so much. He would visit his friend who was my neighbor in Hilo. Always a huge smile! Heather, Amberly, Richie. You were a bebe. Mahalo for all of the light you spread over this topic. ❤🌺🌴🐬🤙🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽💪🏽✊🏽
Keoni, MAHALO for tirelessly educating/akamai/mana on this documentary with your beautiful mom & everyone behind the scenes not mentioned! I & the wife, RESPECT all burial sites & ethnicities, no matter the geographical location (especially our Hawaiian Culture). Finally, & with a PURE/HUMBLE heart, there is only “One” Triune God (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) that is eternal/everlasting. His Book (The Holy Bible/Scriptures) is the love story of Jesus Christ from Genesis to Revelation (No other Gods, Books, Prophets). Thus, our last breath here on earth, will be our FIRST breath in heaven! My mission/responsibility is to PLANT the seed(s) of Jesus Christ to the world, ALWAYS with love & respect! If you come to Las Vegas, you & your Ohana are ALWAYS welcomed to our hale with no financial obligations. Blessings Gil Sammi 💯🤙🏽🙏🏼
Christians came to Hawaii and destroyed the Hawaiian’s connection with nature and their metaphysical beliefs, not to mention their lack of respect for Hawaiian land rights, and yet after all of this so many Hawaiian’s took to Christianity the very people who destroyed their culture and identity with nature and the universe. Hawaiian’s were great scientists with thousands of years of knowledge destroyed by Christians.
Outstanding film Keoni. 💟 I have been following your work for a few years & was so looking forward to both your books & the film finally being released. Truly incredible work 💜💚
Hawaiian identity, the land, the people, the culture, the sea, their ancestors, should just be for the Hawaiians. If this were me I would be enraged at someone unearthing my ancestors. I think the Hawaiians should also fight to become a nation of their own again.
State secession was tried over 160 years ago. The response was a federal invasion, war, and most of a million dead. Polynesians colonized Hawaii less than 1,000 years ago. Stories say that there were small people who lived there before them who were pushed into the forests by the Polynesians. So modern Hawaiians seem to have no respect for the burials or customs of the indigenous people of Hawaii. They brought a foreign Polynesian culture when they colonized Hawaii and forced the original inhabitants into the margins and destroyed their cultures and evidently their burials. Modern Hawaiians are short sighted hypocrites.
The most devastating aspect is the environmental destruction. The Hawaiian Islands are like the Amazon Rainforest and these bulldozers destroying lands for housing is appalling and unacceptable. Certain species of plant that are not only food provisions but also healing medicine are being lost. Hawaii needs stricter environmental protection laws in many areas. The most important thing is to not fall into the trap of hatred. Judge a person by their behavior and how they care for all - care for the environment.
Aloha, my heart goes out to the Hawaiian people. We were lucky to live on Oahu in the 80s, go to school, and learn Hawaiian history. To this day, my heart breaks for the Hawaiians and the culture that was stolen and continues to be stolen. What is happening to the sacred areas is so saddening. Watching this I am crying and have chills. This is just not right! Mahalo for ALL you are doing to protect your Kapu. Much love to you. ❤🏝️
Awesome documentary Keoni!!! Maika'i loa!!! 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾I don't know if you remember me. A few months ago, I spoke to you at your job at Longs. Mahalo nui ia oe I keia a, e holomua no. Me ke aloha nui. Leimana.
Mahalo Keoni, for your caring heart, all your efforts on behalf of your kupuna, your ohana, and your people. Your film is one of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while. Blessings to you and your loved ones. You are a beautiful soul.
Mahalo nui loa! Kaumaha ka naʻau. Ua manaʻolana au, ua hoʻi ʻia nā keiki a Papa me Wākea mai Hawaiʻiakeawe i ka ua kanilehua a hiki i Niʻihauakahelelani ka puʻuwai a nā kānaka maoli. Mai hana ʻino i ia mau iwi kūpuna me kā lākou mau pua kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei. E nā ʻaumākua o Hawaiʻi nei, e ola nō hoʻi i ka “Hāloa” no nā kau a kau. Aloha pauʻole a mahalo.
Thank you so much Keoni and everyone featured for your will to stand and protect Hawaiian culture. As a Hawaiian that comes from a family that was disconnected from our roots the way yours was I am trying re-educate myself on the ways of our people in this modern world. Doco's like this, remind me that all isn't lost, inspire me to continue and help me realize that I'm not alone.
Very well spoken narration of these islands my home. Growing up here, Hawaiian history's werent taught. Neither was the language. But goodness to the many children who stood up and made their stance to replenish the culture, arts and language. To them i am grateful. At almost close to 70yo im learning the language. My son and his keiki's can speak the Hawaiian language, i am so proud of them. Can hardly wait for the next video. Mahalo
Such a humble individual. So glad to see his great understanding and respect for the Hawaiian 🌺 people and there land. Keoni I know will continue his fight to restore and protect the ancestors and people of Hawaii
I'm not Hawaiian but I respect the Hawaiian culture and their burial I think it's wonderful and beautiful that they keep them safe thank you for sharing😢❤❤❤❤
Keoni, this documentary of KAPU has opened my eyes even bigger on what has been going on the Aina, I have been gone from my Aina for far too long to see what is happening. I salute you for standing up for your Kapunas and for the Hawaiian people. this has made me look into what I can do to help in my lifetime for our Kanakas, as a Kanaka. I can see that the Hawaii gov't (not Hawaiian) only care for money and what outsiders can do for them and not the Kanakas. I will see and look into what it takes to run for a spot-on OHA staff as it seems they are only talkers and not doers, as they are prisoners of the State and Federal money. Aloha our Aina and our kapunas alive and passed. Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono O' Hawaii
Every fight going forward to preserve and save all Kapu sites and areas, has to 💯 Hawaiians rule period. No man can disturb, no more! nevah. So many would stand with you and behind you, if invited,when time comes, time is now. So much love from upcountry Maui 💔😭💪🏽🌺
Wow, Keoni!! I finally got to see your film "KAPU" cuz it was shown by PBS. It's a fantastic film! And so beautifully made. It really abrings home the importance of respecting our ancestors and those who have passed, standing strong for our culture, and telling things like it is to protect Hawaii. Seeing the strength of Kanaka Maoli standing up for Hawaii made me proud to be from Hawaii. Aloha nui. 🤙"
All of Lahina shouold be sacred burial ground from this moment on. Pass on the word. Lahaina needs a spiritual leader like Keoni, instead of church representatives near the governor? Aloha nui. Reach out to him, please.
❤ Aloha Keoni, Keep the HAWAIIAN CULTURE GOING ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION. I WILL ALWAYS BE ALOHA AND NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME. LOVE THE VEDEO ❤ MAHALO❤❤❤❤❤😊
My deepest sympathies are to all my extended island relatives. As a diné person myself we deal with this on the reservation as well. My prayers are with all, I know this issue is still happening. Awful 😢
His mom is wonderful and valued the importance of heritage and her culture and passed it onto her son. Beautiful traditions. It is so sad to see the disrespect to these burial sites. I was walking around the Ritz Carlton in Maui and came across a burial site. I was taken back. I couldn't believe the Ritz Carlton was even allowed to go near this sacred area.
Auwe! The disrespect that is shown to our kupuna. Auwe! Although I will not be buried as my ancient kupuna I will be in a place that will hopefully be a place that will not be disturbed. A place that my children know where I am, where I have shared special times with them. Mahalo for this video. May this change the hearts of those who would destroy sacred places that they may be possessed by the spirit of aloha and respect and selfishness flee from their hearts.
I haven't even gotten through the introduction (video is at 6 minutes and 35 seconds) and I'm already feeling the mana that automatically will come to out of a video such as this ☝️💯💕...MAHALO FOR CREATING AND SHARING.
Keoni, continue to stand strong in preserving what is culturally important, priceless! Thank You for sharing your journey in doing so. You are a Great Warrior and keeper of All of your Ancestors!❤🤟🤜🤛🫶❤❤
What a story of Sacrifices, beliefs and a value of hard work can do for our ancestors of Hawaii. There is no words that can say how I feel right now. Times have changed where people don't respect what our ancestors were to us . SAD how people can disrespect a burial site and think no one will get mad about it! I don't know what kind of Government we have here, but this kind of greed for land by anyone not respecting the sacred things that are on it shouldn't be tolerated anymore in Hawaii!! Good job Keoni and the rest of the people out there!!! ALOHA!!!!
A.P.T.T.M.H. Much love and Respect to the Hawaiian Indigenous Natives. We Natives Indigenous of Aotearoa can relate to the story being told here. Our Tupuna resting place also get disrespected by Greed and Development . We also have Kaitiaki Warriors that stand for our ancestors on TAPU Land. I feel the mamai that yous are going through. All the indigenous people of the world have similar stories to share. We have all been invaded by a colonial system that keeps us Suppressed so we struggle to rise in the only land we can call Home. We will continue to fight for what little right we have left, as dieing on our knees is not an option. MAURI TU, MAURI ORA. MAURI MOE, MAURI MATE. We cant win this Battle alone, But with us all uniting with a common goal... We can bring peace to the Nations. The only common we have with the Common wealth is... They take and exploit our wealth..our resources. Our freedom. There is Salvation for us... Dont give up Hope. Hold fast to your Tupuna, Your whakapapa , Your Descendants.. The Future generations to come. We can do this.. TOGETHER. We congregate in WAITANGI OCT 28th every year. Our Paremata is open till Feb 6th. We have slacked off in standing for our Tupuna as many have excepted the Oppressors way. The real still hold a flame. We wait to unite and bring the Fire. We Need each other. Then the oppressors way will be fire wood...and no more. DONT give up. UNITY is Strength. Come sit with Leaders Rangatira,(Chief's) To put a Cloak of protection with a plan , For the betterment of the Most high Chosen people on the four corners of the world. Blessings to all our brothers and sisters that have not forgotten the old way's MAURI ORA AIO
Glad you are doing this vital protective work for burials. I am appalled at how little people think of desecrating cemeteries. Here on the mainland in rural spots and even big cities this happens due to construction of public roadways, sidewalks, business buildings and even converting a cemetery to a city passive park (no stones as all were removed but not the remains). Yes, I have seen such in Southern California. Also one ancestor's grave lost in a cemetery that probably has his remains under a street! Buried in that cemetery and in the cemetery's records but it was done in 1850. Several other graves are lost as well. Extra sad.
I am adopted. So when I die, the name on the stone will never match the one at birth. I will be in a same plot with my genetically Un similar adoptive parents and the risk of being counted as the wrong race my whole life; will undoubtedly continue beyond death. I honestly don’t know any better modern way to convert to either ancient Egyptian or Native American ‘tradition’ of history rewritten. Maybe I DO take the bulldozers more personally. Especially when I don’t have a lineage to go through. Thank you for sharing these rituals.
Thank you so much for this video! Please educate the governor of Hawaii. Josh Green about Hawaii and your culture! So sorry for all the disrespect from outsiders! Hawaiian people are beautiful!
I was always told as a kid I was Kanaka Maoli on my dad's Tahitian line. As a kid I just brushed it off cause I didn't know what it meant to be one. I was a plastic islander growing up in Australia didn't know what it meant to be an islander due to the many different cultures living amongst eachother. As I got older and did some digging iam learning and unfolding the old ways of my Rarotonga,Tahiti, and Havaii side also having blood connections to Rapanui and Tonga. We are all one.
My heart is breaking for all the destruction that continues in Hawaii on all the Islands. Don't understand others not respecting the land and its people and customs. The United States was so wrong in taking over this land. Terrible. My prayers for all Hawaiians.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Mahalo nui loa to all that was involved to bring this here for others to view. This is major awesome sauce for me, in the continuing the discoveries of Hawaii, its people and their culture. Much that was intentionally left out of history books and travel industries. To mush has been; buried and hidden from those that are the consumers of capitalistic societies, around the world…
Minute 47:19, so upsetting, heart wrenching and angering to see a non-Hawaiin telling Actual Hawaiian people that they cannot go and walk on the land, their land
Beautiful. I'm Samoan.... I'm fluent. I from a land so Kapu only the descendants of my Great Grandfather's children can live there. Pili Demi God like Maui who was the great traveler.... and.... said to be the ancestor of Tamehameha... is buried on my land. Strangely his grave is huge built like a pyramid four tiered. If you're stumble upon it once... consider yourself lucky. Because NOBODY ever finds again. I've known people who who tried to find it again. Even more strange is it's never overgrown by the jungle.
It’s True-Americans may move bones, but nowhere on the mainland do they Lump them together like they have done on Oahu… Absolutely Mind Blowing.🥺 Sending Aloha Love from Kauai.🤙💜🤙💜🤙
It would be great if more people watched this and would try to understand that when ancestral Hawaiians buried their dead , they didn't want everybody to know where they are buried ... it is to be kept secret and not for the public to know . So when the powers-that-be take their remains from various places and put them all in mass graves in a public park , this is so disrespectful and wrong to do this to the Hawaiian people ... that is not how they wanted to honor their ancestors .
This is so sad...very sad. This breaks my heart knowing that anyone can just allow this to happen. I'm speechless. Ty Keoni for having so much fight and passion to preserve what your ancestors have done for hundreds of years. Everyone with a heart wouldn't allow anyone to desecrate graveyards. What is the difference between a graveyard or a loved one's resting place is? This is how it's been for the Hawaiians that lived in Hawaii BEFORE any other race came to live in Hawaii. Before Hawaii became part of the united states. Why can't people see this? understand this?
They need to leave the Island alone. It's beautiful and perfect and should be respected. If they change it with large apartments and parking lots and urban development... There won't be any reason to go there anymore. It will be just like every place else..leave it a paradise where people can go to remember what the world was like before we flattened it all out and covered it with concrete. What a shame for the natives... :(
I am with you . Your Island- fight for it. I am Polish live in Canada . So many of us are all over the world Second War 1939 my country was attacked by Hitler . My people were murdered. Country destroyed Books burned, art stolen . I visited Germany as a high-school girl scout. I also visited museums and seen art hanging in there country . Never returned. We are blending cultures now But it is not right to dig up burial of your entsisters . They have been doing that Building homes on old cementary. That isn't ok . But we got to go somewhere. That is why I am gone be cremated. Dust to dust . Your soul isn't getting barred. It's your used body . I belive that our souls are saved . I understand it's your culture, your identity. They took it from you I had to move to have some kind of future. I miss my country very much. My childhood is never forgotten God's words are love . We need to love each other. No matter the color, ethnicity language . We need to learn each other language and learn to live next to each other. It's not easy but with love we can do it . If you are Catholics (, so am I ) you know that body gets used and we die but the soul lives forever . We keep our loved ones in our hearts 💕 I don't mind being cremated. I am not my body . Maybe you can find a peace if you belive that . My heart goes out to Hawaiians and we need to respect their belives . ❤ 😢 as everyone else's. Everyone is unique.
I'm so glad the original owner of the land where Keoni's ancestors were buried , died , and now the land is Keoni's .
He is very humble and says
" I am not the owner , merely the steward . "
A mentor for all of us. Good man.
Malama i ke aina. From Maka to Makai, from windward to leeward. The island provides to those that Tend to the presents of these islands…
None of us are owners, we are all stewards of the land. Ownership of everything is a Western, colonial concept.
I'm not even Hawaiian but I'm in tears and pain. I feel for the Hawaiians. So much disrespect and terrible people. Mahalo Keoni! I support you and your endeavors.
Right! I was incredibly moved and fought to not cry. This isn’t right!
at least they still have their basic human rights. Palestines in Gaza and the West Bank are not even allowed to exist as citizens in their own lands.
Native ppl on mainland. have a Heart with The Hawaiian people and their battles. Heart strings
I have immense respect for the Hawaiian people. I grew up in Brazil adoring their culture from a far. I worked hard as a young adult and moved there for a few years. It was truly a dream come true. I learned so much and my admiration only grew. Hawaii is a special place on earth, a lot of us feel that way. It’s not just the beautiful landscapes. It’s the unique people oh Hawaii and their loving culture that has captivated the whole world. Greed is such an illness in humanity. A disgrace!
My heart ache and head spinning watching this documentary how much the local have to fight so hard to preserve their land, descendants, culture and beliefs. Much Mahalo Keoni for fighting for your ancestors and the future generations. ❤❤❤
I love you my dearest son, you have put your all in making your documentary. You made it with all what you believe in, saving not the living but those were here before us. Because their history has made the kanaka maole who we are as the loving, kind and genuine respectful people that live in our Homeland that we call Hawaii. You can't learn the culture you have to be raised up living it. People of the world can imitate us but youhave to be raised Hawaiian to know what we are,how we think,how we act and why we do what we we do to show our deepest and respectful love to whom we meet and teach our Hawaiian love too which is so rich in respect and beautiful generosity to the people of the world 🌺🏝️🥰 your mama
You are my gift to Hawaii 🥰
Keep up the hard mahi 💪 Kia Kaha I'm a Samoan but born & raised in N.Z. but reside in Australia. I hope one day I come visit our People there in Hawaii Mahalo USO Alofa Atu ❤️
The same has been done to the natives of america. I'm of Cherokee mixed ancestry and our peoples lands was taken by the puritans and Europeans. It never changes. Natives still fight.for recognition of their traditions and the return of the ancestors bones and artifacts that were stolen from Graves. The laws about grave robbing doesn't seem to apply to everyone.😢 my prayers are sent for your efforts to be successful. Much aloha.
Good bless all the islanders everywhere in world remember we’re you come from
Mahalo Keoni for documenting with PBS IN accomplishing your goal and hard work in protecting you KUPUNAs IWIs, I hope your journey will continue to teach and inform your brothers and sisters.
You are the chosen one. Your na KUPUNA are standing above you, below you, to the right as to the left guiding your every step. Mahalo for sharing an inspirational journey. ALOHA IA OE.
Got a chill up my spine when I read this. Yes Keoni is the chosen one. Your kupuna are with you when you go to battle with these people. Mahalo Keoni.
woW, simply powerful and enchanting this video. Thank you Keoni Alvarez for being proactive. Keoni you have so much meaning and depth to your life and soul. I have never, ever had a family Keoni. Please pray that I can get a home and start my own family. Keoni, mahalo nui for all that you have done to protect the sanctity of Hawai'i and it's indigenous people.
An outstanding work chronicling Keoni Alvarez' journey and his mission to right the injustices. Mahalo piha e Keoni!
Keoni, I am beyond proud of you. I went to offices to find my kupuna family burial grounds. They found no records. All of them are “missing” the ones that lived were relocated and names changed to American. I’m still hurting from this mystery. Mahalo for working for us.
Aloha and Hafa Adai from Guam. I share your pain, as we too, on my island are dealing with the same struggles with protecting our lands and ancient burial sites of my Chamoru ancestors. Thank you for this documentary. Keep up the good fight. Stay blessed!
Native. Americans tragic also, like most of our Earths indigenous beloved peoples. You in Quam too! The list goes on. Hawaiian History and people I love, so much respect. Love from Maui💔💔💔😭💪🏽😭😂 @hiswind671
im chamarro hawaiian black. we all gotta stick together
One of the best documentary I watched. Mahalo
The Land Owner/Developer violated the Kapu of the burial cave and it's funny how things turned out for Keoni Kealoha Alvarez and his Ohana. "RESPECT THE KAPU!!!"
Agreed! And moving any Pohaku things can happen you have to have permission and Pule even for small stone. Many things are Kapu and some people do not realize this
As an indigenous Maori from Aotearoa New Zealand....I felt this in my soul. To our Hawaiin Whanau...I see you....I hear you...I feel you
@@meltakiari7898 Aloha and Mahalo
Kia ora from new Zealand and Much respect to you all,and the deseased. you have my vote 💯%❤
Mahlo lava keoni mahalo for all youve done n continue doing to protect ancestral hawaiian burial sites you are a true hawaiian warrior💯alohanui
YOU are an amazing ambassador of your ancestors. Thank you for sharing your father’s ceremonial passing. KEEP ADVOCATING!
Uncle Robin was the best. My parents Richard and Jeri enjoyed them so much. He would visit his friend who was my neighbor in Hilo. Always a huge smile! Heather, Amberly, Richie. You were a bebe. Mahalo for all of the light you spread over this topic. ❤🌺🌴🐬🤙🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽💪🏽✊🏽
Keoni, MAHALO for tirelessly educating/akamai/mana on this documentary with your beautiful mom & everyone behind the scenes not mentioned!
I & the wife, RESPECT all burial sites & ethnicities, no matter the geographical location (especially our Hawaiian Culture).
Finally, & with a PURE/HUMBLE heart, there is only “One” Triune God (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) that is eternal/everlasting. His Book (The Holy Bible/Scriptures) is the love story of Jesus Christ from Genesis to Revelation (No other Gods, Books, Prophets).
Thus, our last breath here on earth, will be our FIRST breath in heaven! My mission/responsibility is to PLANT the seed(s) of Jesus Christ to the world, ALWAYS with love & respect!
If you come to Las Vegas, you & your Ohana are ALWAYS welcomed to our hale with no financial obligations.
Blessings Gil Sammi 💯🤙🏽🙏🏼
Christians came to Hawaii and destroyed the Hawaiian’s connection with nature and their metaphysical beliefs, not to mention their lack of respect for Hawaiian land rights, and yet after all of this so many Hawaiian’s took to Christianity the very people who destroyed their culture and identity with nature and the universe. Hawaiian’s were great scientists with thousands of years of knowledge destroyed by Christians.
Outstanding film Keoni. 💟 I have been following your work for a few years & was so looking forward to both your books & the film finally being released. Truly incredible work 💜💚
Hawaiian identity, the land, the people, the culture, the sea, their ancestors, should just be for the Hawaiians. If this were me I would be enraged at someone unearthing my ancestors. I think the Hawaiians should also fight to become a nation of their own again.
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State secession was tried over 160 years ago. The response was a federal invasion, war, and most of a million dead.
Polynesians colonized Hawaii less than 1,000 years ago. Stories say that there were small people who lived there before them who were pushed into the forests by the Polynesians.
So modern Hawaiians seem to have no respect for the burials or customs of the indigenous people of Hawaii. They brought a foreign Polynesian culture when they colonized Hawaii and forced the original inhabitants into the margins and destroyed their cultures and evidently their burials. Modern Hawaiians are short sighted hypocrites.
Do you accept the good with the bad of pre-European contact? The caste system, slavery, and human sacrifices? You seem like an ingrate.
Easily said from very cheap seats.
I dunno. Kinda waiting for everyone to go to Mars.
The most devastating aspect is the environmental destruction. The Hawaiian Islands are like the Amazon Rainforest and these bulldozers destroying lands for housing is appalling and unacceptable. Certain species of plant that are not only food provisions but also healing medicine are being lost. Hawaii needs stricter environmental protection laws in many areas. The most important thing is to not fall into the trap of hatred. Judge a person by their behavior and how they care for all - care for the environment.
Very moving. Thank you for this important educational film. Thank you for standing protecting your Kupuna.
Beautiful find the burial. It was your destiny to find. God bless you all.
So Educational to me As A Samoan. 🙏🏼🙇🏻♀️
Aloha, my heart goes out to the Hawaiian people. We were lucky to live on Oahu in the 80s, go to school, and learn Hawaiian history. To this day, my heart breaks for the Hawaiians and the culture that was stolen and continues to be stolen. What is happening to the sacred areas is so saddening. Watching this I am crying and have chills. This is just not right! Mahalo for ALL you are doing to protect your Kapu. Much love to you. ❤🏝️
Awesome documentary Keoni!!! Maika'i loa!!! 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾I don't know if you remember me. A few months ago, I spoke to you at your job at Longs. Mahalo nui ia oe I keia a, e holomua no. Me ke aloha nui. Leimana.
Mahalo Keoni for bring this issue to light. Aloha from Kauai
Mahalo Keoni, for your caring heart, all your efforts on behalf of your kupuna, your ohana, and your people. Your film is one of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while. Blessings to you and your loved ones. You are a beautiful soul.
What some forget, this is not a playground this is sacred land the ancestors came here
Mahalo nui loa! Kaumaha ka naʻau. Ua manaʻolana au, ua hoʻi ʻia nā keiki a Papa me Wākea mai Hawaiʻiakeawe i ka ua kanilehua a hiki i Niʻihauakahelelani ka puʻuwai a nā kānaka maoli. Mai hana ʻino i ia mau iwi kūpuna me kā lākou mau pua kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei. E nā ʻaumākua o Hawaiʻi nei, e ola nō hoʻi i ka “Hāloa” no nā kau a kau. Aloha pauʻole a mahalo.
At 1:40 :50 to 1:41 : 30 ... incredibly powerful the way he sang ALOHA ... especially that last syllable .
You really feel it !
Thank you so much Keoni and everyone featured for your will to stand and protect Hawaiian culture. As a Hawaiian that comes from a family that was disconnected from our roots the way yours was I am trying re-educate myself on the ways of our people in this modern world. Doco's like this, remind me that all isn't lost, inspire me to continue and help me realize that I'm not alone.
Very well spoken narration of these islands my home. Growing up here, Hawaiian history's werent taught. Neither was the language. But goodness to the many children who stood up and made their stance to replenish the culture, arts and language. To them i am grateful. At almost close to 70yo im learning the language. My son and his keiki's can speak the Hawaiian language, i am so proud of them.
Can hardly wait for the next video. Mahalo
All of Polynesia unite i say💯💖🤙🏽💖We are one🌊🌊🌊🌊
Such a humble individual. So glad to see his great understanding and respect for the Hawaiian 🌺 people and there land. Keoni I know will continue his fight to restore and protect the ancestors and people of Hawaii
❤ Mahalo Nui Loa Keoni for all you have done! The work you are doing is so important and I want to join you and other Kanaka in our quest
Eo'Keoni Alvarez, I salute you for the protection of HAWAII ,her Kupuna,her Keiki ,her People and her Iwi.
Absolutely Beautiful Film Keoni. I cried with you for our Kupuna and the illegal desecration of them
I'm not Hawaiian but I respect the Hawaiian culture and their burial I think it's wonderful and beautiful that they keep them safe thank you for sharing😢❤❤❤❤
Keoni, this documentary of KAPU has opened my eyes even bigger on what has been going on the Aina, I have been gone from my Aina for far too long to see what is happening. I salute you for standing up for your Kapunas and for the Hawaiian people. this has made me look into what I can do to help in my lifetime for our Kanakas, as a Kanaka. I can see that the Hawaii gov't (not Hawaiian) only care for money and what outsiders can do for them and not the Kanakas. I will see and look into what it takes to run for a spot-on OHA staff as it seems they are only talkers and not doers, as they are prisoners of the State and Federal money. Aloha our Aina and our kapunas alive and passed. Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono O' Hawaii
Mahalo nui loa Keoni
Awesome documentary!
Knowledge is power! Mahalo for empowering us!!
Every fight going forward to preserve and save all Kapu sites and areas, has to 💯 Hawaiians rule period. No man can disturb, no more! nevah. So many would stand with you and behind you, if invited,when time comes, time is now. So much love from upcountry Maui 💔😭💪🏽🌺
Wow, Keoni!! I finally got to see your film "KAPU" cuz it was shown by PBS. It's a fantastic film! And so beautifully made. It really abrings home the importance of respecting our ancestors and those who have passed, standing strong for our culture, and telling things like it is to protect Hawaii. Seeing the strength of Kanaka Maoli standing up for Hawaii made me proud to be from Hawaii. Aloha nui. 🤙"
All of Lahina shouold be sacred burial ground from this moment on. Pass on the word. Lahaina needs a spiritual leader like Keoni, instead of church representatives near the governor? Aloha nui. Reach out to him, please.
❤ Aloha Keoni, Keep the HAWAIIAN CULTURE GOING ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
I WILL ALWAYS BE ALOHA AND NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME. LOVE THE VEDEO ❤ MAHALO❤❤❤❤❤😊
My deepest sympathies are to all my extended island relatives. As a diné person myself we deal with this on the reservation as well. My prayers are with all, I know this issue is still happening. Awful 😢
His mom is wonderful and valued the importance of heritage and her culture and passed it onto her son. Beautiful traditions. It is so sad to see the disrespect to these burial sites. I was walking around the Ritz Carlton in Maui and came across a burial site. I was taken back. I couldn't believe the Ritz Carlton was even allowed to go near this sacred area.
Auwe! The disrespect that is shown to our kupuna. Auwe! Although I will not be buried as my ancient kupuna I will be in a place that will hopefully be a place that will not be disturbed. A place that my children know where I am, where I have shared special times with them. Mahalo for this video. May this change the hearts of those who would destroy sacred places that they may be possessed by the spirit of aloha and respect and selfishness flee from their hearts.
Beautifully done, Keoni! I just know your dad is so proud of you. ♥️
Im filipino hawaiian and kanaka maoli native my family 🤙🏝️
FREE HAWAII WE ARE NOT AMERICAN ✊
Powerful, informative, and very pure Keoni.
I haven't even gotten through the introduction (video is at 6 minutes and 35 seconds) and I'm already feeling the mana that automatically will come to out of a video such as this ☝️💯💕...MAHALO FOR CREATING AND SHARING.
im so worried about this happening in lahaina now. God bless maui and my ohana
Keoni, continue to stand strong in preserving what is culturally important, priceless! Thank You for sharing your journey in doing so. You are a Great Warrior and keeper of All of your Ancestors!❤🤟🤜🤛🫶❤❤
What a story of Sacrifices, beliefs and a value of hard work can do for our ancestors of Hawaii. There is no words that can say how I feel right now. Times have changed where people don't respect what our ancestors were to us . SAD how people can disrespect a burial site and think no one will get mad about it! I don't know what kind of Government we have here, but this kind of greed for land by anyone not respecting the sacred things that are on it shouldn't be tolerated anymore in Hawaii!! Good job Keoni and the rest of the people out there!!! ALOHA!!!!
Aloha , Keoni Alvarez. More power to you. God speed. Aloha!
A.P.T.T.M.H.
Much love and Respect to the Hawaiian Indigenous Natives.
We Natives Indigenous of Aotearoa
can relate to the story being told here.
Our Tupuna resting place also get disrespected by Greed and Development .
We also have Kaitiaki Warriors that stand for our ancestors on TAPU Land.
I feel the mamai that yous are going through.
All the indigenous people of the world have similar stories to share.
We have all been invaded by a colonial system that keeps us Suppressed so we struggle to rise in the only land we can call Home.
We will continue to fight for what little right we have left,
as dieing on our knees is not an option.
MAURI TU,
MAURI ORA.
MAURI MOE,
MAURI MATE.
We cant win this Battle alone,
But with us all uniting with a common goal...
We can bring peace to the Nations.
The only common we have with the Common wealth is...
They take and exploit our wealth..our resources.
Our freedom.
There is Salvation for us...
Dont give up Hope.
Hold fast to your Tupuna,
Your whakapapa ,
Your Descendants..
The Future generations to come.
We can do this..
TOGETHER.
We congregate in WAITANGI OCT 28th every year.
Our Paremata is open till Feb 6th.
We have slacked off in standing for our Tupuna as many have excepted the Oppressors way.
The real still hold a flame.
We wait to unite and bring the Fire.
We Need each other.
Then the oppressors way will be fire wood...and no more.
DONT give up.
UNITY is Strength.
Come sit with Leaders
Rangatira,(Chief's)
To put a Cloak of protection with a plan ,
For the betterment of the Most high Chosen people on the four corners of the world.
Blessings to all our brothers and sisters that have not forgotten the old way's
MAURI ORA
AIO
Glad you are doing this vital protective work for burials. I am appalled at how little people think of desecrating cemeteries. Here on the mainland in rural spots and even big cities this happens due to construction of public roadways, sidewalks, business buildings and even converting a cemetery to a city passive park (no stones as all were removed but not the remains). Yes, I have seen such in Southern California. Also one ancestor's grave lost in a cemetery that probably has his remains under a street! Buried in that cemetery and in the cemetery's records but it was done in 1850. Several other graves are lost as well. Extra sad.
Wonderfully done, your ancestors are very proud of you. 👏🏽
Thank you for sharing this.
I am adopted. So when I die, the name on the stone will never match the one at birth. I will be in a same plot with my genetically Un similar adoptive parents and the risk of being counted as the wrong race my whole life; will undoubtedly continue beyond death. I honestly don’t know any better modern way to convert to either ancient Egyptian or Native American ‘tradition’ of history rewritten. Maybe I DO take the bulldozers more personally. Especially when I don’t have a lineage to go through.
Thank you for sharing these rituals.
Thank you so much for this video!
Please educate the governor of Hawaii. Josh Green about Hawaii and your culture!
So sorry for all the disrespect from outsiders!
Hawaiian people are beautiful!
Keoni, mahalo Hawaiian for what you did and is still doing for our ancestors!!!!
I was always told as a kid I was Kanaka Maoli on my dad's Tahitian line. As a kid I just brushed it off cause I didn't know what it meant to be one. I was a plastic islander growing up in Australia didn't know what it meant to be an islander due to the many different cultures living amongst eachother. As I got older and did some digging iam learning and unfolding the old ways of my Rarotonga,Tahiti, and Havaii side also having blood connections to Rapanui and Tonga. We are all one.
My heart is breaking for all the destruction that continues in Hawaii on all the Islands. Don't understand others not respecting the land and its people and customs. The United States was so wrong in taking over this land. Terrible. My prayers for all Hawaiians.
Ho' oponopono Hawaii. Your work is beautiful, Keoni. May your ancestors give you strength to educate and move all who come within your path.
Autumn
Beautiful Keoni. Mahalo nui❤
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Mahalo nui loa to all that was involved to bring this here for others to view. This is major awesome sauce for me, in the continuing the discoveries of Hawaii, its people and their culture. Much that was intentionally left out of history books and travel industries. To mush has been; buried and hidden from those that are the consumers of capitalistic societies, around the world…
Beautiful story about Ancestors Hawaiian 🌺 people’s generations in kapu buried rest in peace burial properties somewhere in island 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Your ancestors are proud of you 🙏
Beautifully made watched it twice
Beautiful! Thank you for this video! I am Chamorro from Guam and seeing this brought a warmth to my heart 😢😊❤❤❤
Absolutely beautiful, inspiring, traditional and educational - to the Hawaiians and Hawaii at heart.
pbs put this out 3/ weeks before this sorrowful tragedy here. 😭😭😭it would be awesome if everyone watch this, very sacred and important.
@@msheart2well yes, I live Maui, it’s a time to be gentle,I counted on Akamai ppl like you to pick it up. 💔💔💪🏽😭🌺
Nice video❤Mahalo nui for your mo'olelo❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You should be very proud of what you have accomplished and will accomplish, God bless you and Hawaii
Love n respect from Fiji 🇫🇯🇫🇯 keoni God bless you my Christan PASIFIKA brother...
Nice story 12:11 about differents Hawaiians cultured and experienceds I loved it’s.?!
May they all recover and be blessed and have all provisions for a good life much prayers for all
Minute 47:19, so upsetting, heart wrenching and angering to see a non-Hawaiin telling Actual Hawaiian people that they cannot go and walk on the land, their land
Beautiful. I'm Samoan.... I'm fluent. I from a land so Kapu only the descendants of my Great Grandfather's children can live there. Pili Demi God like Maui who was the great traveler.... and.... said to be the ancestor of Tamehameha... is buried on my land. Strangely his grave is huge built like a pyramid four tiered. If you're stumble upon it once... consider yourself lucky. Because NOBODY ever finds again. I've known people who who tried to find it again. Even more strange is it's never overgrown by the jungle.
SavaiiAkaHawaiiki💯💖n about Pili is true kame'ame'a is from his lineage hawaiiki havaiki Polynesia is Samoa atoa🇼🇸🇦🇸🇹🇴🇫🇯 🌊⛵🌊⛵🌊💖❤WayfindersNavigators🌊
Wow , thank you for telling us this ... fascinating .
Keone! Great video braddah.
Much respect e'o.
Pili is my ancestor and father to the ruling chiefs of hawaii.
It’s True-Americans may move bones, but nowhere on the mainland do they Lump them together like they have done on Oahu…
Absolutely Mind Blowing.🥺 Sending Aloha Love from Kauai.🤙💜🤙💜🤙
It would be great if more people watched this and would try to understand that when ancestral Hawaiians buried their dead , they didn't want everybody to know where they are buried ... it is to be kept secret and not for the public to know .
So when the powers-that-be take their remains from various places and put them all in mass graves in a public park , this is so disrespectful and wrong to do this to the Hawaiian people ... that is not how they wanted to honor their ancestors .
Yes
Let alone those unburied and held still not reburied where they were taken at the church.
Mahalo nui loa no keīa mo'olelo. He mea maik'i keīa. Nui nā waimaka, ehā ko'u pu'uwai, auwē... he me'e ha'aheo 'o Keoni.
This was excellence in filming
This is so sad...very sad. This breaks my heart knowing that anyone can just allow this to happen. I'm speechless. Ty Keoni for having so much fight and passion to preserve what your ancestors have done for hundreds of years. Everyone with a heart wouldn't allow anyone to desecrate graveyards. What is the difference between a graveyard or a loved one's resting place is? This is how it's been for the Hawaiians that lived in Hawaii BEFORE any other race came to live in Hawaii. Before Hawaii became part of the united states. Why can't people see this? understand this?
Help others honor your dead as ritual I would come to Hawaii for this I support your saving of your culture
Arohanui koutou taku Whanaunga o Haavai-ii my love to you all. I cry when I watch this all time. Paimārire
Ironic, but appropriate, after the tragedy of Lahaina, that you invoked your ancestors, they know before hand, when they will be needed 🙏❤️
The Native Americans have the same issues with the government and building over sacred burial grounds
Horrifying...Congress & Senators need to be called to stop developers or anyone buying any lands in LAHAINA-MAUI for this is sacred burial grounds!!
Brave young man. Much respect. 💪
Mahalo Keoni Mahalo...
They need to leave the Island alone. It's beautiful and perfect and should be respected. If they change it with large apartments and parking lots and urban development... There won't be any reason to go there anymore. It will be just like every place else..leave it a paradise where people can go to remember what the world was like before we flattened it all out and covered it with concrete. What a shame for the natives... :(
Mahalo God's blessings
Just Beautiful
I am with you . Your Island- fight for it. I am Polish live in Canada . So many of us are all over the world Second War 1939 my country was attacked by Hitler . My people were murdered. Country destroyed Books burned, art stolen . I visited Germany as a high-school girl scout. I also visited museums and seen art hanging in there country . Never returned. We are blending cultures now But it is not right to dig up burial of your entsisters . They have been doing that Building homes on old cementary. That isn't ok . But we got to go somewhere. That is why I am gone be cremated. Dust to dust . Your soul isn't getting barred. It's your used body . I belive that our souls are saved . I understand it's your culture, your identity. They took it from you I had to move to have some kind of future. I miss my country very much. My childhood is never forgotten God's words are love . We need to love each other. No matter the color, ethnicity language . We need to learn each other language and learn to live next to each other. It's not easy but with love we can do it . If you are Catholics (, so am I ) you know that body gets used and we die but the soul lives forever . We keep our loved ones in our hearts 💕 I don't mind being cremated. I am not my body . Maybe you can find a peace if you belive that . My heart goes out to Hawaiians and we need to respect their belives . ❤ 😢 as everyone else's. Everyone is unique.